Brent crude trading at $82.66/bbl

Crude oil futures on Tuesday declined by 0.15 per cent to Rs6,451 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. On MCX, crude oil for August delivery fell by Rs10 or 0.15 per cent to Rs6,451 per barrel with a business volume of 9,918 lots. Globally, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil was trading 0.04 per cent lower at $78.71 per barrel, and Brent crude was down 0.10 per cent to $82.66 per barrel in New York.